Broken of Sanity
Warnings: contains blood, gore, violence, mental illness and everything associated with that, adult themes (drinking, implications of adultry, etc.), boyXboy pairings, harsh slurs, profanity, character death, (will add to this in other chapters if I think of anything else).
Disclaimer: I own this story and any OC that shows up. Sonic and friends belong to SEGA and the Sonic Team. Any other character that appears belongs to their respective owners. I also own the "cover" to this story. If you like it, see end of Prologue for more information.
Rating: Rated M (mature) for obvious reasons (see WARNINGS above if you haven't already).
Summary: Sonic has been missing for almost six years now. During his absence, corruption has overcome the government, making life a living hell for everyone. It's been the job of everyone else to step up in Sonic's place, to try and save the world with a losing war on their end. But what happens when Sonic suddenly appears out of nowhere, completely different and yet the same? SONILVER.
Authors Note: I know I updated only a couple days ago and I said I would be busy, but today's my birthday and mom's letting me stay home so I thought "Why not?" Hope you guys enjoy!
Chapter 15: Gonna Be A Long Day
"Amy just stop!" Tails exclaims, stepping in Ay's path to Shadow. HE holds her shoulders, twin tails curled with apprehension.
But the female doesn't even care. With one swift swing of her arm, she's thrown Tails into the very shelves she had been thrown into just minutes before.
The young kit cries out in pain as he hits the metal shelf, and he doesn't even get a chance to stand as Amy thrusts the head of her hammer into Tails' face, just centimeters away from touching his nose.
"Stay out of it, Tails!" Amy shouts, and Shadow feels the rage inside bubble up once more as he takes a battle-ready stance. Her cold eyes turn to him, however, and she spits out, "stay back or I'll snap his fucking neck."
"Let him go, Amy!" Shadow shouts, glancing at Tails' tear-streaked face. "This is between you and I. Don't destroy your bond with the last friend-"
"I don't need him! Just like I don't need you, or Rouge, or Knuckles, and definitely not Sonic!" She shouts, sounding more hysterical with each name. "None of you matter! I didn't even want to come here today!"
"So then why the fuck are you here?" Shadow growls, slowly inching forwards. Amy lowers her hammer and presses it against Tails' neck, earning a startled squeak from the young kit.
"Boss!" Kylo shouts, and Shadow can't keep his jaw from dropping as he watches the kid rush at the crazed hedgehog before him.
Amy easily kicks him away, unsurprisingly, though Shadow still has to respect the brave action.
"Let him go!" Kylo tries again, though he struggles to stand again. His whole body is visibly shaking uncontrollably and he grips his shoulder where it had hit the shelf the hardest.
"I'll kill him," Amy hisses, pushing her hammer further against Tails' throat. "I should, for bringing up my daughter like that."
"So is that what this is about?"
Amy is silent and she avoids all contact with Shadow. Tails claws feebly at the hammer still pressed against his throat, coughing as he does so. His blue eyes are pleading as he looks at Shadow, and then to the open doorway just past Shadow's shoulder.
"Amy, please," the kit chokes out, his watery eyes looking back up at Amy who doesn't even show any hints of remorse as she stares emotionlessly down at Tails.
"You know," she mumbles out as she leans forwards. "Maybe you should've died that night."
Shadow's hands ball into fists and he takes a few running steps towards the female as she raises her hammer above her head, aiming for Tails' cowering body as he tries to crawl away.
But then a streak of dark blue shoots by Shadow so fast he would've missed it had he not been paying as close attention to the whole situation as he is.
A loud, animalistic sound mixed between a roar and a scream is heard as the blur rams straight into Amy's side. The momentum sends the two flying while the hammer drops to the floor, having been dropped by Amy.
Shadow quickly makes his way to Tails' side, kneeling to rest a hand on the fox's shoulder. He curses this tenderness showing, but he can't burry this concern for the kit as he asks, "you alright?"
"Forget me," Tails coughs out, rubbing his neck. "Stop Sonic before he kills Amy."
Shadow looks over to where the two are still on the floor. Amy is pinned down on her back with Sonic looming dangerously over her on all fours. HIs greens eyes are wide and crazed while he holds his jaws wide open, looking more like a mutated wolf than a hedgehog.
"Get off!" Amy shouts, managing to free an arm. She swings her fist at Sonic's head, though she doesn't even come close to hitting him as Sonic grabs her forearm, trapping it between his powerful jaws. Amy's face visibly pales and Shadow sees a glint in Sonic's eyes before the crazed 'hog bites down. Hard.
Amy's shriek pierces the air, burning in Shadow's ears as he watches the female twist in desperation to get away from the monster pinning her down.
Shadow watches, unable to move. 'Is that Sonic? Did he just...do that? He hadn't even hesitated, for chaos sakes.' And as Amy's screams grow louder, Shadow is sure her arm will be ripped right off then and there.
Then the door bursts open and another hedgehog is on the scene, bashing his boot against Sonic's side with his full force.
SOnic throws back his head and howls with pain, blood dripping from his icy blue muzzle as he stumbles away. He cries a high pitched whine as he grips his side, and Shadow can see the blood immediately start to coat his hand.
"What the hell?" Shadow mutters as the newcomer kneels beside Amy, propping her up against his chest to tend to her arm.
HE's a dark brown hedgehog with a light brown muzzle and chest. There is a black patch of fur on his right hip, surrounded by smaller spots and speckles, growing less in number the further away they get. His hazel eyes burn fiercely with anger as he glares at Sonic. His black army boots are quickly bloodied, a result of Amy's shredded forearm.
Sonic falls back to stand beside Tails, snarling loudly as he advances on Shadow, pulling the biohog's attention back to the scene directly in front of him.
"IT's me, it's Shadow. You don't want to do this," Shadow tries, glancing at Amy and the stranger as he rips some fabric off of Amy's shirt to wrap around her arm. "Just calm down, you're scaring Tails."
A flash of recognition lights up in emerald eyes as he hesitates. A quiet whine escapes as he blinks, almost as if he forgot how to speak, overcome with his animalistic side. Then he shakes his head as if trying to clear away the thing controlling him.
His eyes widen and he finally looks like himself instead of some deranged wolf thing on steroids. Though with recognition comes the heavy gilt and Sonic sits back on his heels, slowly looking between Tails and Shadow.
The little fox in question is shaken up-if his trembling body and bristling fur isn't a dead give away Shadow doesn't know what is-though he's relatively okay. Shadow is sporking a dark bruise already forming on his cheek and the taste of bitter iron from his own blood is still coating his tastebuds in a blanket of disgusting thickness, but he's relatively okay as well. Probably more okay than Tails, at least.
Shadow watches as one of Sonic's clawed hands slowly reaches up to his muzzle. He pulls his hand away and stares at the dark splotch of blood covering his paw pad, his whole body frozen.
"Sonic-" Shadow moves forward, though a low growl escapes the opposite male as he pulls away. He still isn't talking, which worries Shadow, though that isn't one of the priorities on Shadow's list at the moment.
Next, ever so slowly, Sonic turns around where Amy and the stranger are both still on the floor. The male is currently gripping Amy's forearm, putting as much force on it as possible to try and stop the bleeding, though the blood has already soaked through the thin material and is now coating his hands in a sleek sheen of crimson.
Amy's face is pale and she leans heavily against the other, though the glare never leaves her eyes as they pierce Sonic.
"I did it again..." Sonic whispers, and even though Shadow can't see the anguish on Sonic's face, he sure as hell can hear it in his voice.
"Sonic, just calm down," Shadow quickly says, unsure if he should try to physically console the Obexian or not. He doesn't want to trigger him even more than he already is, but he also doesn't want Sonic to do something stupid. And then there's the fact that he doesn't even know how to physically console people.
Luckily, or unluckily depending on how you look at it, Shadow doesn't have to worry about the simple intricacy of a hug as Sonic flees, the navy blue blur disappearing into the back room. Shadow half finds himself wishing that instead of navy blue, it was Sonic's normal cobalt blue that he's desperately needing.
It's at this moment when Rouge and Omega return from the bakery, Rouge holding two brown paper bags while Omega holds a third.
"Who wants-" the smile immediately falls from her face, replaced with one of concerned curiosity as her head tilts to the side in question. She finishes her sentence, though her voice sounds more confused than cheery as she says, "...bagels?"
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"What the hell did I just walk in on?" Rouge's irritated voice says while Tails struggles to reorient himself. Being thrown into a shelf is not something he ever wants to experience again, especially with how much his head is throbbing with a headache. Though, he doesn't remember a time when he ever wanted to be thrown into a shelf in the first place.
"IT's a long story," Tails grumbles, holding his head as the bat and her robotic partner make their way inside.
"What the hell was that thing!?" A voice suddenly shouts, gaining the attention of everyone in the room as they all look to the newcomer supporting Amy.
"Who is that?" Shadow asks quietly as he stands, holding out a hand to help Tails.
"His name's Noah, he's Amy's husband," Tails answers, gripping SHadow's hand. Wth a wince, Tails is pulled to his feet, though he slightly sways as nausea washes over him, replacing the throbbing pain running all along his back.
"Alright, well, we should probably help Amy before she bleeds to death on your floor," Rouge says as she sets the bags of food down onto the counter.
"Tails, what is going on?" Noah asks, his voice frantic as he looks at the young fox. "Why is that...thing living here? And why was it trying to kill-"
Tails only runs a hand over his face, feeling way more exhausted than what's healthy for his age. Honestly, he's starting to feel like an overworked dad trying to control a house full of rampant teenagers who are all on parole for varying degrees of different crimes.
"Tails, you okay hun?" Rouge asks as both she and Omega rejoin the group.
"I'm fine, it's just been a long day."
"It's still morning," Kylo says as he reveals himself from behind some of the shelves. He had hidden when Sonic had entered the brawl, having learned his lesson from a few days ago to not aggravate Sonic even more than he already was, especially since Kylo is a human.
"Exactly."
"Well, is there a hospital nearby?" Shadow grunts out, crossing his arms. Tails shivers as the temperature in the room seemingly drops ten degrees with the intensity the biohog glares at Amy with. And she isn't even conscious anymore.
"IT's on the other side of town," Noah answers, his voice shaky with emotion as he shifts Amy's unconscious form on his lap. Tails notes that her face is way too pale to be in the safe zone anymore. He has an inkling that Sonic managed to cut her artery with his teeth.
"Well, I for one, don't want to drag her sorry ass all the way there. Deal with it yourself, Noah. This is your problem anyway, not ours."
"Shadow, step away and cool down. OMega, get out of that back room, you're not going to find Sonic. Rouge, stop eyeing Noah's ring and help him move Amy to the table."
The room falls silent as they all stare at the young fox who just spouted off orders like he's the most important person in the entire universe. He forces himself to not shift and bite at his lip as warmth crawls uncomfortably under his skin. Instead, his sky blue eyes harden while his twin tails flick with annoyance. "Did I stutter?"
And everyone comes back to life. Tails and Kylo move out o the way as Rouge makes her way over to Noah's side, though he looks more than uncomfortable as he guards his ringed finger against the bat as she kneels beside him. Tails watches as she replaces his hands with her own, wrapping tightly around Amy's bloody arm.
Shadow practically stomps out of the building and Tails can't hold back a shiver as a blast of cold air attacks him.
"Um...what should I do?" Kylo nervously asks, fiddling with his hands.
"You can take the day off. I won't get much done anyway, so we might as well close for the day." Tails replies, shrugging. "Besides, you need a day or two off to deal with all this nonsense."
"Thanks, boss," Kylo smiles.
"Oh, and one more thing."
"Yeah?" Kylo pauses in front of the door and looks back, raising an eyebrow.
"Thanks for trying to help, even if Amy did chuck you into some shelves."
Kylo smiles, his cheeks glowing with pink. "No problem. See you tomorrow!"
Tails can't help but smile as Kylo walks through the door, humming happily to himself. The smile falls, however, when he turns to look at the doorway to the back room where he catches a flash of white from Rouge.
With a sigh Tails makes his way to said backroom, pausing in the doorway to take in the situation. And, of course, it isn't the best. Why can't the universe just give him a break for five minutes? Is that too much to ask for? Apparently, seeing as he's struggling with trying to control a whole bunch of adults as a kid.
Amy is laying on the operation table where Sonic should have stayed, her face pale. Rouge is standing at her side, hands still wrapped around her arm. She looks exasperated as she stares at Noah currently facing off with a growling Sonic, who's side is still bleeding from the torn stitches.
"What's going on?" Tails asks, raising a brow. He sees a flash of guilt burning Sonic's emerald eyes along with a flinch at Tails' angry voice.
"Get this thing out of here! IT almost killed Amy!" Noah shouts, turning his frustrated eyes on Tails.
"The only reason he lashed out like that was because Amy as threatening my life," Tails says, glancing at Sonic who's still growling at Noah. "And he's angry with you because he thinks you're a threat to me."
"That doesn't-wait, she tried to kill you?" Noah asks, eyes wide as he slowly straightens. Sonic slowly backs off, looking torn between running and staying to defend Tails now that the fox isn't in any danger.
"It's true," a deep voice says, and Tails jumps, having not expected Shadow to come back so quickly.
Noah is quiet as he looks back at Amy. Rouge only shrugs.
"Amy is a threat. Presuming precautions now." Omega says as he aims his guns directly at Amy's head, just inches away from touching her nose.
"What! No no no-stop it!" Noah shrieks, running over to block Amy's face with his hands.
"Omega no!" Rogue scolds, glaring. Tails is sure that if her hands weren't busy with trying to keep Amy alive, she would've placed them upon her hips where they normally go whenever Omega does something drastic. Like aiming guns at someone's unconscious face, for one.
"She kinda lost her mind when she saw Shadow," Tails says as Omega pulls away, red eyes almost confused as he stares at Noah.
"Serves her right," Shadow mutters, and Tails shoots a glare over his shoulder at the hedgehog.
"Shadow, see if you can try and fix Sonic's stitches instead of insulting everyone you see," Tails snaps before making his way over to the table. "Let me have a look."
"IT isn't pretty," Rouge replies as she peels back the blood-soaked cloth.
Tails can't help but cringe at the blood staining the light cream color of Amy's arm. It's a harsh crimson in demand of everyone's attention, and boy does it get everyone's attention. Tails can even hear a quiet whimper from Sonic where he's still sitting in the corner, having not moved from his spot since Tails came into the room.
Amy's forearm looks completely shredded, showing torn chunks of flesh hanging off to reveal bloody muscle and tendon and veins beneath. They look practically destroyed beyond reconstruction and Tails us sure that if it wasn't so bloody, he'd be able to see flashes of white bone here and there.
"Son of a bitch," Noah breathes, somewhat startling the fox as he moves away.
"Would you guys quit sneaking up on me?" Tails grumbles, rubbing his neck as he shoots a pointed glare at Noah and then Shadow who doesn't notice. His back is facing the group and he's trying to get close to Sonic, who is proving to be difficult in cooperating with him.
"Can you help her?" Noah asks, looking at Tails hopefully. "I mean, Amy told me you've dealt with this stuff before..."
"Sure I've dealt with it, but I don't know how to fix it on my own." Tails all but snaps, trying to not be as irritated as he is at the moment. "I can probably patch her up, but I can't fix it. If I'm being honest with you, I don't think we'll be able to save her arm, there's just...too much damage."
"It's better than nothing," Rouge ads at the uneasy look flashing in Noah's eyes.
"She could...lose her arm?" He repeats, rubbing his forearm. "Can...can you try to save it?"
"I can try, but there's no guarantee. The hospital will decide that anyways, not me," Tails answers with a small shrug as he glances back at Sonic and Shadow. He holds back a snigger as he watches Shadow lunge at Sonic, though the hedgehog immediately bolts away, ending up with Shadow running face-first into the wall with a sharp "goddamn it!".
"Okay...how long will it take?"
"Can't say," Tails looks back at Amy's arm as he picks up the medical box from the floor and sets it down beside her hip. "It'll be a little while, that's for sure."
Noah sighs heavily and moves away, still rubbing his arm. He looks on the verge of tears as he stares at Amy's face. His voice is quiet, almost as if he's talking to himself, but Tails can understand every word that's said with his keen hearing as one of his large ears twitch in Noah's direction. "C'mon Amy...please don't die on me, I don't-I can't lose you."
The moment is broken as the sound of Shadow running face-first into a wall cuts off the silence, following by "son of a bitch!"
